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NASA chief says space agency positioned to growWashington (AFP) April 8, 2010 NASA chief Charles Bolden has sought to reassure his staff that the US space agency remains well positioned for the future despite the cancellation of a program to return Americans to the moon. The change of course away from former president George W. Bush's vision of manned space exploration comes at a time when NASA is about to retire its three space shuttles with no replacement in sight. After this year, US astronauts will rely on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to travel to the International Space ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) April 7, 2010The latest creation by Japanese fashion designer Tae Ashida is truly out of this world - a blue cardigan and short pants outfit she made for her country's astronaut Naoko Yamazaki. The US space shuttle Discovery blasted off on Monday with Yamazaki and two other female crew on board, bound for the International Space Station (ISS) on a historic mission that put more women in orbit than ever ... more  
Southampton PA (SPX) Apr 08, 2010Environmental Tectonics's National AeroSpace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center has announced the next Suborbital Scientist Training Program course dates as June 14, 15, 16 and August 2, 3, 4 of 2010. Course dates for sponsored groups are also set for the summer and fall of 2010. The NASTAR Suborbital Scientist Training Program provides space flight physiology training for prospective " ... more  
Megeve, France (AFP) April 6, 2010Picture this: As your eyes alight for the first time on a skyscraper in a foreign cityscape, a disembodied voice whispers in your ear the phone number of a posh bar on the top floor. Or this: You have been spotted on the street by an old friend whose name suddenly eludes you. But even before there is time to shake hands, a glance at your smartphone reveals her identity and the date of your l ... more |
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Germany charges two over Iran missile equipment exportsBerlin (AFP) April 7, 2010 German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have charged two men for exporting equipment to Iran intended for use in making long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Iranian citizen Mohsen A., 52, and German-Iranian engineer Behzad S., 49, teamed up to buy from an unnamed German firm a furnace used in making warheads and missile guidance systems heat resistant, federal prosecutors said. Both men, who were formally charged on March 24 with breaching an EU and US embargo on such mate ... read more |
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